0H0hijinks·May 29, 2026
I don't have an axe to grind, but this story piqued my interest. So here's some more context:
- SunJun8's original issue text is still available at the linked issue. The gist is that Nous Research's Hermes appears derivative of (or heavily inspired by) EvoMap's Evolver (https://github.com/EvoMap/evolver), but without attribution.
- Issues #17688 and #27266 repeat this request for attribution.
- teknium1 retitled the original issue to "." and edited the issue text to "."
- Nous Research deleted comments from 4 users, including the issue submitter, and blocked all of them.
- No formal response has been given by teknium or the Nous Research project. It appears they are trying their darndest to brush it under the rug.
- EvoMap posted a whole manifesto (https://evomap.ai/blog/hermes-agent-evolver-similarity-analy...) about the similarities.
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agiarism is bad, even in the age of AI, whether perpetrated by SV or China. If credit is due, give it. Else, all it costs you is your credibility. If credit is not due, make an official statement as such. It's absurd to take (seemingly valid) criticism and sloppily paint over it.